Traffic Management Orange County

Despite the qualms of some business owners, city workers will soon be posting signs in the Briardale Avenue neighborhood to discourage fast-moving traffic from using residential streets. The diversion, approved by the City Council for a six-month trial, was a compromise measure. The plan is meant to satisfy residents who were upset in April when the city agreed to let a senior citizens facility be built on nearby Taft Avenue.

The Warner Avenue bridge over the San Diego Freeway got fresh stripes of paint this week to mark four new lanes, paving the way for a more efficient road system, traffic engineer Mark Lewis said. The 10-year, $3.3-million project began in 1989 when traffic began to bottleneck at the bridge. "It took six lanes of traffic, squeezed them into four over the bridge and then fed into six lanes on the other side," Lewis said.

Some good news for residents and commuters in Santa Ana: Temporary ramps are scheduled to open today to allow motorists to exit and enter the southbound Santa Ana Freeway at Grand Avenue. Access to busy Grand Avenue has been disrupted since the southbound off-ramp closed in December, Caltrans spokeswoman Maureena Duran-Rojas said. The ramp to get on the southbound Santa Ana Freeway from Grand Avenue closed in March, Duran-Rojas said.

Despite the qualms of some business owners, city workers will soon be posting signs in the Briardale Avenue neighborhood to discourage fast-moving traffic from using residential streets. The diversion, approved by the City Council for a six-month trial, was a compromise measure. The plan is meant to satisfy residents who were upset in April when the city agreed to let a senior citizens facility be built on nearby Taft Avenue.

The Planning Commission has approved a plan to bulldoze 20 homes, two businesses and a church to realign McFadden Avenue at Main Street, an area that suffers severe rush-hour congestion. The commission approved the $6-million plan unanimously at its regular meeting this week. The City Council will consider the plan on April 18. City staff proposed the plan to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety through the intersection.

Parents say that an intersection where a 14-year-old boy was killed seven years ago is still dangerous and in need of a crossing guard. A recent accident at Michelson Drive and Yale Avenue near two Irvine schools has motivated parents to ask city officials again for a crossing guard. Melissa Horn, a student at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, was struck by a van Oct. 23 while riding her bicycle through a crosswalk at the intersection on her way to school. She suffered a concussion and bruises.

The Warner Avenue bridge over the San Diego Freeway got fresh stripes of paint this week to mark four new lanes, paving the way for a more efficient road system, traffic engineer Mark Lewis said. The 10-year, $3.3-million project began in 1989 when traffic began to bottleneck at the bridge. "It took six lanes of traffic, squeezed them into four over the bridge and then fed into six lanes on the other side," Lewis said.

A request for speed bumps on El Rancho Drive has been denied by the City Council, but police enforcement of the street's speed limit will be increased. An El Rancho Drive resident had asked the city to install speed bumps on his street between Hacienda Drive and El Dorado Avenue to slow speeding cars, officials said.

The screeches and bangs of cars colliding at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Indianapolis Avenue have been all too frequent for Father Gus Krumm. Last week alone, there were three car accidents in two days at the intersection near Sts. Simon & Jude Catholic Church. Two years ago, a priest from another local church was killed near the intersection as he pulled into Sts. Simon & Jude's parking lot.

Companies and individuals were honored Thursday by Orange County transportation officials for their contribution to easing traffic congestion. Trophies were handed out in these four categories: Ride sharing--Centeride, Newport Center's van-pooling and minibus program; Flojet of Irvine; Safeco Insurance Co. ride-share coordinator Helen McDaniel; the City of Newport Beach for its trolley; South Coast Plaza for its shuttle bus service.

A request for speed bumps on El Rancho Drive has been denied by the City Council, but police enforcement of the street's speed limit will be increased. An El Rancho Drive resident had asked the city to install speed bumps on his street between Hacienda Drive and El Dorado Avenue to slow speeding cars, officials said.

Parents say that an intersection where a 14-year-old boy was killed seven years ago is still dangerous and in need of a crossing guard. A recent accident at Michelson Drive and Yale Avenue near two Irvine schools has motivated parents to ask city officials again for a crossing guard. Melissa Horn, a student at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, was struck by a van Oct. 23 while riding her bicycle through a crosswalk at the intersection on her way to school. She suffered a concussion and bruises.

The screeches and bangs of cars colliding at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Indianapolis Avenue have been all too frequent for Father Gus Krumm. Last week alone, there were three car accidents in two days at the intersection near Sts. Simon & Jude Catholic Church. Two years ago, a priest from another local church was killed near the intersection as he pulled into Sts. Simon & Jude's parking lot.

Some good news for residents and commuters in Santa Ana: Temporary ramps are scheduled to open today to allow motorists to exit and enter the southbound Santa Ana Freeway at Grand Avenue. Access to busy Grand Avenue has been disrupted since the southbound off-ramp closed in December, Caltrans spokeswoman Maureena Duran-Rojas said. The ramp to get on the southbound Santa Ana Freeway from Grand Avenue closed in March, Duran-Rojas said.

The Planning Commission has approved a plan to bulldoze 20 homes, two businesses and a church to realign McFadden Avenue at Main Street, an area that suffers severe rush-hour congestion. The commission approved the $6-million plan unanimously at its regular meeting this week. The City Council will consider the plan on April 18. City staff proposed the plan to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety through the intersection.

Here are the bills and resolutions sponsored by Orange County legislators in 1989. The list includes only those measures passed by the Legislature, then subsequently signed into law or vetoed by the governor in 1989. Those vetoed are so noted. Assemblywoman Doris Allen (R-Cypress) Bills introduced: 38 Legislature approved: 7 (18%) Governor signed: 6 Bills Passed FISH AND GAME--Requires all sport hunters and fishermen to have their licenses in their immediate possession.